Kō Nishimura
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-01-25
Day of Death
1997-04-29 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Kō Nishimura
Biography
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Kō Nishimura (西村 晃 Nishimura Kō, 25 January 1923–29 April 1997) was a Japanese actor who appeared in supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well and Yojimbo, Kihachi Okamoto's Sword of Doom, Yoshitaro Nomura's Zero Focus, and Kon Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp (where he was credited as Akira Nishimura).
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Known For
Acting
(2002)
(1995)
(1994)
(1994)
(1991)
(1990)
(1989)
The Men Who Made Ultraman
as Eiji Tsuburaya
(1988)
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Makoto Nishimura
(1986)
(1984)
(1984)
The Detective
as Senkichi Otsubo
(1983)
(1983)
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
as 岸井亥之吉
(1983)
A Hunter's Diary
as Kentaro Hatanaka
(1982)
The Old Bear Hunter
as Heizo Sekiguchi
(1982)
(1982)
(1982)
(1981)
(1980)
(1980)
(1980)
(1979)
Down with The Big Boss
as Glass-Eating Mime
(1979)
(1979)
Nutcracker Fantasy
as Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watchmaker (voice)
(1979)
The Strangling
as Yasuzo Kariba
(1978)
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
as Mamo (voice)
(1978)
(1978)
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
as Shigetomi Katta
(1978)
Love and Faith
as Sojin Kamiya
(1978)
(1977)
Hokuriku Proxy War
as Mr. Yasuhara
(1977)
Japan's Don
as Kahe Shimabara
(1977)
(1976)
Manhunt
as Nagaoka Ryokai
(1976)
(1975)
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
as Tokuji Owada
(1975)
(1975)
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
as Kenpeishi
(1975)
(1974)
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
as Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi
(1974)
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Old bean-seller
(1974)
(1974)
The Family
as Sentaro Watanuki
(1973)
Lady Snowblood
as Priest Dokai
(1973)
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
as Magobei "Snake" Onishi
(1973)
Tsugaru Folksong
as Tamezo Tsukamoto
(1973)
(1973)
(1972)
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
as Magobei 'Snake' Onishi
(1972)
(1971)
(1970)
(1970)
Play It Cool
as Kada
(1970)
(1970)
(1969)
(1969)
Quick-draw Okatsu
as Makabe
(1969)
Black Rose Mansion
as Ex-husband
(1969)
(1969)
Lady with Seven Faces
as Printer
(1969)
The Wild Sea
as Munekata
(1969)
Second Generation Young Boss
as Yanosuke Hashimoto
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1968)
Samaritan Zatoichi
as Sosuke Saruya
(1968)
Black Lizard
as Detective Matoba
(1968)
Living Skeleton
as Nishizato
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
Snake Woman's Curse
as Yasuke
(1968)
The Bride from Hades
as Banzou
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
as Policeman on Island
(1968)
(1967)
Samurai Wolf II
as Magobe
(1967)
Zatoichi the Outlaw
as Uneshiro Suga
(1967)
Eleven Samurai
as Errant samurai Daijuro
(1967)
A Killer's Key
as Yasujiro Endo
(1967)
(1967)
Classmates
as Hanada
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
Whispering Joe
as Man
(1967)
Shogun and His Mistress 2
as Itakura
(1966)
The Sword of Doom
as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
(1966)
The Pornographers
as Detective Sanada
(1966)
The Threat
as Kawanishi
(1966)
Rub Out the Past
as Tanzo Koide
(1966)
(1966)
Rise Against the Sword
as Etanba
(1966)
(1965)
Red Beard
as Chief retainer
(1965)
The Retreat from Kiska
as Staff Officer
(1965)
House of Terrors
as Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback
(1965)
Tale of Ninja Duty
as Chisaka Hyobu
(1965)
(1965)
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
as 今川義元
(1965)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
as Tahei Narumiya
(1965)
(1965)
Stairs of Evil
as Shimoyama
(1964)
Intentions of Murder
as Koichi Takahashi
(1964)
Warrior of the Wind
as Mizuno Izumi
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
The Desperate
as Yamaguchi
(1964)
The Glamorous Ghost
as Hiroshi Asami
(1964)
Edo Crime Book: Black Claws
as Enzo Tatara
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
The Scarlet Camellia
as Sakichi
(1963)
High and Low
as Third Creditor
(1963)
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Yamaoka
(1963)
13 Assassins
as Kujuro Hirayama
(1963)
Doggie March
as Killer (voice)
(1963)
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
as Chubei
(1963)
Tale of Army Brutality
as Kameoka, Zenji
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Escape from Hell
as Heiroku
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1962)
Gorath
as Murata - Secretary of Space
(1962)
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
as Kizaru
(1962)
(1962)
The Temple of Wild Geese
as Mokudō Kida
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
Four Sisters
as Michiharu Mitsumine
(1962)
(1962)
Tokyo Bay
as Noboru Sumikawa
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
Yojimbo
as Kuma
(1961)
Pigs and Battleships
as Yajima
(1961)
Zero Focus
as Sotaro Uhara
(1961)
Killers on Parade
as Sai
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Tale of a Company Boss 3
as Hanada
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Blind Devotion
as Denroku
(1960)
The Bad Sleep Well
as Contract Officer Shirai
(1960)
Intimidation
as Matakichi Nakaike
(1960)
(1960)
Everything Goes Wrong
as Nishimura
(1960)
The Lost Alibi
as Okudaira
(1960)
The Call of the Foghorn
as Morimoto
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
Wait for Tomorrow
as Uno
(1960)
(1960)
(1959)
My Second Brother
as Goro Mitamura
(1959)
The Wild Reporter
as Ryu Konei
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1958)
Stolen Desire
as Kanji Takada
(1958)
Endless Desire
as Pharmacist
(1958)
The Ballad of Narayama
as One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
(1958)
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
as Tominaga
(1958)
(1958)
The Seasons of Love
as Reporter
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
Drunken Ghost
as Daigorô
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
Crimson Wings
as Tetsuji Mizutani
(1957)
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as Kiyami no Shinko
(1957)
But the Flesh is Weak
as Acupressurist
(1957)
The Eagle and the Hawk
as Hikobei
(1957)
Who's the Real Killer
as Nakagawa
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
The Temptress and the Monk
as Peasant
(1956)
The Burmese Harp
as Baba
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
Fountainhead
as Kasuya
(1956)
Frankie the Milkman
as Tax Collector
(1955)
(1954)
(1954)
The Street Without Sun
as Extraordinary detective
(1953)